Cultured, or Nah?
Cultured, or Nah?
S3 E1: Israel/Palestine, India/Pakistan: Divided Lands
In this episode, Shabnum sits down with her friend Khalil currently joining us from Ramallah, Palestine and they both explore the similarities between the Israeli/Palestinian and Indian/Pakistani conflict. Taking the stance that dividing countries up on religious grounds has not turned out to be the "clean" solution it may appear to be on paper, Khalil and Shabnum talk through family stories of the respective partitions and how the conflicts have a few features in common: colonization by the United Kingdom, a colonial empire falling apart in the wake of World War II, and a two state solution to carve out a religious state. Khalil also talks about his experiences of growing up in Palestine, and what the situation is like on the ground right now.
Host: Shabnum Gulati
Guest: Khalil A.
Art: Hanifa Abdul Hameed
Music: AnAkkiN on SoundCloud